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Only the owner of copyright in a work has the right to prepare, or to authorize someone else to create, a new version of that work. ingly, you cannot claim copyright to another's work, no matter how much you change it, unless you have the owner's consent.

If someone has stolen your intellectual property, there are several steps you can take to remedy the situation. In most cases, the first thing to do is to ask the person or company that has stolen from you to stop using your IP. After all, IP theft is a crime so the person may agree to stop using the IP immediately.

Document Your Concepts and Original Content in Detail Have detailed drawings, descriptions, plans and records that can prove you came up with and have been working on your intellectual property. This type of proof will help in case someone challenges you as the rightful owner of your trademarks and copyrights.

If the other party continues to wrongfully use your intellectual property, you have the legal right to take your case to court. Federal intellectual property law gives you the right to sue the infringing party directly in court. Nobody else will on your behalf?you must be the one to do it.

An agreement may provide that intellectual property will be owned jointly by the parties, regardless of whether they were joint authors, joint inventors or joint creators. The parties may contribute jointly to the creation of the intellectual property and so are joint authors, joint inventors or joint creators.

If a business uses another's IP without permission it is an infringement of those rights, which could result in the business being taken to court. In addition, copyright, registered designs and registered trade marks are also protected by criminal law and infringement may constitute a criminal offence.